In this episode we take a step away from the narrative to discuss how diseases brought to the Americas from overseas impacted the native population.   Spoiler: it was very bad.  This is one of the first impacts of colonialism that the Inca felt and no matter who you were, it had an impact on you.

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Intro/Exit music by: Kalx aka Kaliran: Andean Lounge, Scream of the Devil

Transition music by: Kike Pinto